Destination Unknown
Characters in Destination Unknown
9 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Hilary Craven
A grieving, suicidal Englishwoman who accepts a dangerous undercover mission and slowly recovers her will to live.
Supporting characters
Jessop
A calm, shrewd British intelligence officer who recruits Hilary, judging her despair an unexpected asset.
Thomas Betterton
A vanished nuclear scientist whose disappearance triggers the investigation Hilary joins.
Olive Betterton
Thomas Betterton's wife, whose identity Hilary takes on to follow the trail.
Andrew Peters
A young American chemist Hilary meets en route, who becomes important to the mission's outcome.
Dr Barron
A French bacteriologist among the recruited scientists travelling toward the hidden destination.
Helga Needheim
An arrogant German scientist among the group bound for the secret installation.
Leblanc
A French security official who assists Jessop in tracking the missing scientists.